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ssb or satelite phone
An SSB gets you daily nets where you can check in, get weather and
communicate with other cruisers. You can also get HF faxes, GRIB files, e- mail, etc, etc. Emergency frequencies are monitored by various agencies. A Sat phone allows you to make phone calls. Most other cruisers won't have one or only use it for outgoing calls. Covergage can be spotty even in areas where you're supposed to have coverage. I have both and view them as complementary services. If I need to make a call from in the middle of nowhere, I can. However, don't rely on a sat phone in emergency situations. Just look at it as another card in your hand. If you're looking at one or the other, I'd get a SSB. -- Geoff "Andre Venter" wrote in news:U5ydnWr3K9KzYUSiU- : Which is a better idea - ssb or satelite phone? |
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ssb or satelite phone
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:31:59 GMT, "Geoffrey W. Schultz"
wrote: An SSB gets you daily nets where you can check in, get weather and communicate with other cruisers. You can also get HF faxes, GRIB files, e- mail, etc, etc. Emergency frequencies are monitored by various agencies. A Sat phone allows you to make phone calls. Most other cruisers won't have one or only use it for outgoing calls. Covergage can be spotty even in areas where you're supposed to have coverage. Most people don't realize INCOMING call on Iridium, just like Nextel are FREE! You only pay $1.99 to call OUT. If the family calls you, it's no charge. And, you can get a LOCAL phone number in a lot of countries from places like Worldcell http://www.worldcell.com/services/rentsatellite.aspx They'll rent or sell you a phone and got some neat packages of service. The boat can even have its own 800 number...(c; Larry W4CSC NNNN |
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ssb or satelite phone
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:31:59 GMT, "Geoffrey W. Schultz"
wrote: An SSB gets you daily nets where you can check in, get weather and communicate with other cruisers. You can also get HF faxes, GRIB files, e- mail, etc, etc. Emergency frequencies are monitored by various agencies. A Sat phone allows you to make phone calls. Most other cruisers won't have one or only use it for outgoing calls. Covergage can be spotty even in areas where you're supposed to have coverage. Most people don't realize INCOMING call on Iridium, just like Nextel are FREE! You only pay $1.99 to call OUT. If the family calls you, it's no charge. And, you can get a LOCAL phone number in a lot of countries from places like Worldcell http://www.worldcell.com/services/rentsatellite.aspx They'll rent or sell you a phone and got some neat packages of service. The boat can even have its own 800 number...(c; Larry W4CSC NNNN |
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